Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility Intermediate Lesson 21

Today we are going to learn: • Words and expressions to describe responsible and irresponsible actions • Grammar: hypothetical situations and Conditional 2

Glossary: • To be socially responsible • To be irresponsible • Responsibility • Society

to keep a wallet you have foundto drop litter/to litterto park in a disabled placeto shopliftto drink and driveto speed

to steal office stationery*to (not) pick up your dog’s wasteto avoid tax payments*to return money if you were given too much changeto take a sickie*to fare-dodge*

Litter Rubbish A dumpster A bin

I think ________-ingis really bad.I think ________-ingis not acceptable.I think ________-ing is OK sometimes. stealing office stationery drink-driving fare-dodging taking a sickie littering

____% of Europeans would return money if they were given too much change in a restaurant.____% of Europeans would avoid tax payments.____% would park in a disabled place.____% of people would steal office stationery.____% would drink and drive. Based on Cutting Edge Intermediate

80% of Europeans would return money if they were given too much change in a restaurant.16% of Europeans would hide income tax to pay less tax.36% would park in a disabled place.60% of people would steal office stationery.5% would drink-drive. Based on Cutting Edge Intermediate

Hypothetical situations Would you steal office stationery? I’d steal office stationery if my boss fired me. Is this a real situation or you are imagining this? Are you imagining the past, present or future? Where is the condition? Where is the main part?

Conditional 2 • I/he/she/they/we + would/wouldn’t do something + if + Past Simple • I’d steal office stationery if my boss fired me. • I wouldn’t steal office stationery! • We can also use might or could instead of would if we are less sure. • I mightsteal office stationery if I was angry with my boss.

If I were you, I wouldn’t drink-drive. If I was in a hurry, I might speed. With I, he, she we can say If I/he/she was or If I/he/she were. Were is more formal and written and was is more spoken.

Pronunciation: • I’d STEAL office STATIONERY if my BOSS FIRED me. • I WOULDN’T drink-drive even if the POLICE WERE NOT around. • I’d SPEED if my FRIEND REALLY NEEDED help.

Practice Make hypothetical sentences using Conditional 2: • I (hand in) a wallet if I (find) it in the street. • If I ever (lose) my wallet I hope someone (hand) it in. • I (steal) paper and pens from my office if my colleagues (do) it, too. I’m not sure… • I (take a sickie) if I (be tired). But I (feel) guilty next day. • I (park) in a disabled place only if (there are) no other places.

Answers • I’d hand in a wallet if I found it in the street. • If I ever lost my wallet I hope someone would hand it in. • I might steal paper and pens from my office if my colleagues did it, too. I’m not sure.. • I’d take a sickie if I was tired. But I’d feel guilty next day. • I’d park in a disabled place only if there were no other places.

HomeworkNow go back to the list of socially irresponsible actions and write sentences using Conditional 2. Would you do it? Why yes? Why no?

Today we have learned: • Words and expressions to describe responsible and irresponsible actions • Grammar: hypothetical situations and Conditional 2

Social Responsibility